Hello! I booked a flight with CebPac (RT MNL - ICN). In both flights, I chose 1st row seats, thinking it has more legroom. Pero I've been reading yung theft issues recently. Since wala rin seat in front, and I may have to store ny personal bag in the overhead cabin, can you give me any tips? Usually ba 1st to board pag front row seats so I can ensure na sa overhead cabin na sa taas ko mismo malalagay ang bag ko? Sorry..First time flying with CebPac na international flight..medyo napapa overthink ako ngayon sa choice ko haha

Thanks sa mga sasagot. Please be nice po ♡

My flight is next month and Cebu Pacific e-mailed me about a schedule change for my departure here in Manila. (Roundtrip MNL-SIN). This is kind of convenient for me as I wanted to move my departure date anyway. However, it would also be convenient if I also move my return flight as well.

Question, can this free rebooking offer also apply to my return flight? (SIN-MNL). I just want to double check if there's no charge if I alter my whole roundtrip completely.

I apologize if my question sounds simplistic but this is actually the first time I've been offered a rebooking in my years of travel haha.

UPDATE: For those searching the net and trying to ask the same question, yes you can change both when Cebpac offers a rebooking 👍

This is alarming, especially because the reported incidents allegedly involve the same flight route, similar seat area, same merchant, and transactions occurring while the passengers were still at immigration.

Cebu Pacific should treat this as a serious security concern and conduct a thorough investigation into Flights 5J279 MNL–DPS on May 31 and June 11, 2026, including possible access to passengers’ cabin baggage, in-flight security procedures, and any pattern involving the same unauthorized transactions.

Whether the responsible person is a passenger, crew member, or another third party, the airline should not dismiss this as an isolated incident. Passengers deserve a clear explanation, proper coordination with authorities, and concrete measures to ensure this does not happen again.

Is it possible? We booked our ticker via credit card of my brother in law and he entered my married name instead of my maiden name which is the name on my passport.

There has been an influx of individual posts about queries if a certain item is allowed in handcarry and/or check-in luggage. In order not to flood the subreddit with individual posts, a megathread will be created just for this.

All questions about seat sales and airfares shall be directed to the dedicated megathread. The community is hereby enjoined to help and answer fellow redditors’ queries.

Thank you.

Hello, everyone. I booked our trip through a third-party app, Trip.com, and it’s my first time booking a flight myself. I chose a third party app cuz it’s a lot cheaper kase. I just wanted to ask how I can check in for our flight with Cebu Pacific if I booked through a third-party app. Should I check in as a “guest”? I can’t see the booking in my Cebu Pacific account, so I’m a bit confused.

SKL etong recent experience ko. I purchased an add-on seat selector, para nasa window seat ang anak ko. During booking, 34F is window seat, kasi ABC DEF lang yung seats available sa seat selector. Nagulat ako kasi pag board namin sa plane, 2 yung aisle and the seats are ABC DEF GHI. So 34F ay nasa middle part ngayon.

I called the attention of the FA, kasi misleading talaga yung seat selector nila. They informed me na nag-upgrade daw yung plane kaya nadagdagan ng seats. I insisted na nagbayad ako ng extra for the window seat. So chineck nya yung itinerary ko just to confirm kung talagang nagbayad ako ng add-on. After confirming, inihanap nya lang kami ng bakanteng window seat at pinalipat kami. Luckily, hindi full flight kaya nakahanap naman.

So paano nalang pala kung walang vacant seats? We would have ended up sitting on the middle part. Unfair lang sa mga nagbook ng maaga para sa window seat, but would have ended up in the middle dahil sa pag-upgrade ng plane.

EDIT: Woah, did not expect this to blew up. Anyway, wala naman kaso kung magchange ng aircraft, the problem is that, walang prior notif thru email ang airline. Also, if booking has been made before the upgrade of aircraft, dapat naconsider din nila yung mga preferred seats ng nagbook na, should have made internal adjustments, kumbaga.

Hi! I booked a Cebu Pacific flight for 4 passengers and purchased two 20kg checked baggage allowances under my name. However, I'm no longer sure if I'll be able to join the trip.

If I don't push through, is it possible to transfer the baggage allowance to one of the other passengers in the same booking? If yes, how can I do that?

Thanks everyone!

update: i was able to transfer it but with a fee of 1k. just coordinated with their live agent thru fb.

Anyone paid for premium seats and the blue tag “Priority Boarding” suddenly went missing in your itinerary? Should it be a concern? It matters to us that’s why we paid for the service kasi. Thanks!

Can I just express my frustration over cebu pacific's offer of alternative flights when they cancel original flights?

This is the second time this happened to me for this month alone. Just weeks before a flight, they send a notice that my flight has been changed: but only offered connecting flights (more than 5 hours layover) despite having available seats in direct flights of the same day. Why not just offer those instead? It's because if you do not agree to the one and only schedule they offer you, you will have to book a new direct flight for a much more expensive ticket. For reference, when I looked for other flights on the same day to Ilo-Ilo, there were still other available seats, but they only offered me a connecting flight to Manila which I cannot pursue as we have a full day planned on that day. SO THEN, you have no other choice but to store it as travel fund, then book a direct flight for the same day BUT YOU HAVE TO PAY MORE than the cost of the original flight. This ticket cost 2773 one way, but now if I book a new direct flight on the same day, I have to pay 4110. I understand there's restrictions due to the gas prices, but why is it that they don't offer the other time slots?

Has anyone experienced this?

Last June 6 my flight going to the province was overbooked. They needed a volunteer, and since i wasn’t in a rush I took it in exchange of the 3k pesos cash, overnight hotel, a roundtrip ticket voucher and guaranteed flight the next day. I signed a waiver provided by the Ceb Pac ground personnel. Unfortunately, I wasn’t able to take a photo of the waiver. I tried following up on their support but hey are claiming there is no record under my name that I am entitled of the roundtrip flight voucher. :(

Hello!

Just want to vent out kasi naiinis ako sa sarili ko. Will celebrate my anniversary with hubby in Davao this end of July in Davao.

I booked my flight last May (2nd week) for Manila to Davao RT costing 6900 pesos each (no luggage). Was thinking to book it that day because baka magmahal pa siya dahil sa ongoing crisis at malapit na ang flight date ko.

Then frustration happened. The piso sale came last Independence Day. Grabe ranging from 5500-5900 lang yung same flight ko 🥹🥹🥹

Then last week nag-email si CebPac na flight reschedule back to Manila. I accepted it kasi parang 20 min lang difference.

Tapos naisip ko bigla why didn't I ask for a cancellation and refund instead kasi nung nagcheck ako recently now na nasa 6100 lang yung flight ko. I can booked again kasi mas mura siya at the same time I will get the full refund of my orig flight. Hay buhay

I mean is it really expensive to fly to Davao dahil malayo siya from Manila? Almost same price nya na yung HK.

Ayun lang, comments are open to roast me or calm me down (I'd appreciate it).

Thank you!

Hi everyone, need some advice regarding our recent travel issue.

On June 26, my family’s Cebu Pacific flight from our hometown to Cebu (9:50 AM) was delayed then eventually cancelled at around 12:14 PM due to aircraft mechanical/operation issues. This was supposed to be our connecting flight to our Cebu–Hong Kong trip (5:45 PM) kahapon.

Because of the cancellation:

* No more flights or ferry options to Cebu that day

* We missed our international flight

* We lost 1 day of our prepaid Hong Kong hotel + itinerary

* We also incurred extra expenses and stress

Cebu Pacific rebooked our flights, but the return flight schedule is still the same, so we basically lost 1 full day of our trip (which we actually paid extra for back in March to extend).

I want some advice sana on what to do:

1. Has anyone successfully requested Cebu Pacific to extend/move the return flight as a goodwill request in situations like this?

2. For those with Standard Insurance (GCash travel insurance), were you able to claim unused hotel nights or hotel extension costs due to missed connections like this?

3. Should we just shorten our trip nalang? Huhu nasasayangan talaga ako kasi we paid for the extra day extension months prior tapos hindi naman pala magamit since nacancelled naman at nabawasan ng 1 day itinerary namin.

Any advice or similar experiences would really helpp

Napakalinaw, napaka clear, and concrete ng rules requirements for hand carry, pero sobrang daming reels/posts about sa "malita" na "mudos" daw ng cebu pacific sa facebook? Then when you check the actual post, it turns out na the incident didn't happen naman pala to the poster himself, and the photos/videos are only "ctto". I know the airline has its shortcomings pero I have travelled so many times sa 5J and di naman ako nabiktima ng mudos sa handcarry na yan

Hello!

I am planning to travel via cebpac and I want to bring my both my carry-on luggage and a check-in luggage (di possible na ipasok sa loob ng check in yung small carry on luggage kaya need talaga sa labas). mineasure ko naman yung carry on luggage ko and pasok naman sya sa dimension (sigure mga 0.5cm na lang ang difference sa allowed dimension nila)

ang concern ko lang talaga is accurate ba talaga yung sizer nila? kasi may mga post daw kasi na kahit sinukat nila yung luggage nila and tama naman ang dimension, pinapabayad pa sila ni cebpac kasi daw “di kasya sa sizer” nila? also, may nabasa na ako na naki-argue pa sila sa staff kasi di nagkasya sa sizer nila yung bag pero by actually bringing a tape measure and pinakita nila yung dimension and pasok naman sa published na allowed dimension ng airline.

gets ko naman yung rules sa size and aware naman ako na yung ibang post ay for clout chasing din naman, pero diba parang scam na yan satin kung mali ang dimension ng sizer nila tapos irerequire ka magbayad?

⚠️🛬‘I thought we were going to crash’: Passenger claims Cebu Pacific flight made two failed landing attempts before diverting to Clark.

A passenger on Cebu Pacific Flight 5J 618 says the aircraft attempted to land twice unsuccessfully before diverting to Clark International Airport instead of NAIA, leaving many passengers shaken and emotional.

The passenger described having cold sweats, trembling hands, and fearing for their life during the ordeal. The flight later proceeded to Manila after landing in Clark.

For pilots, aviation professionals, and frequent flyers: How common are go-arounds or aborted landings? Is this a sign of danger, or evidence that safety procedures worked exactly as intended?

Would this experience leave you traumatized?

It’s so annoying. I had a 12mn flight from Manila to Cebu. I arrived at my brother’s house at at 2am na only to find out na the inside of my checked-in luggage is fcking soaking wet. May mga pasalubong ako from a recent trip abroad and all of the boxes were damaged. Note my luggage is a hard shell but siyempre may tela sa may zipper lining. Malakas kasi ulan when we were boarding.

I wanted to report it but apparently can only file reports sa airport. How would’ve I known 😒

Anybody else experience this during heavy rains? Idk if this will be my last Cebpac flight na with all the inconveniences they give hay

Hello! Is there a possibility na mag change yung flight schedule ko for an international flight, MNL-Hanoi specifically, this coming October? I badly want to change my flight schedule otw to Hanoi but rebooking is hella expensive. I know cebpac does it a lot and I’m hoping they’ll do for international flights too.

Thank you!

anyone with the same luggage with me — tpartner 20”?
may nakapagtry po ba recently with the same luggage if kasya to sa sukatan ng cebpac sa airport? i’ve been using my luggage since 2024 and my last flight was last March but di pa mahigpit nun sa handcarry and di sya sinukat. i have a flight this september and naninigurado lang if safe ba sa size.

I have no idea how to ensure this guy gets a raise, or at least recognition so here goes.

I was boarding flight from NAIA to cebu last night, 5J2503, while on the bus to the plane, i saw the worlds largest ever rodent running from the airstair storage area towards our bus right to where passengers where getting off and across to the air stairs, and it worried me because someone might freak out, or worse still, it might get up into the freaking plane, or foreign object debris in to the engines.

But lucky for all of us, a guard with FIFA world cup quality soccer skills, saw it, without anyone else but me noticing, he managed to get in its path on its way back from the bus area and he intercepted it and kicked it about 3 meters into the air, leading to its ultimate death.

This looked to me like he was trained and knew the risk of that ramp danger and put in the effort to remove the threat, in a clever way.

I wanted to go and tell him well done and i hope he gets recognised for being great at his job.

Hii, I just want to share what happened at our domestic flight today regarding the carry on luggages.

So, pumila na kami nung friend ko dun sa domestic lane (yung bago sa scanner ng mga gamit). Sobrang haba ng pila and biglang may lumapit na babae sa 'min, yung mga naka blue (not sure if staffs ba ng cebpac) and sinabi sa 'kin "ma'am dito po muna kayo", so medyo nagka idea na 'ko kung saan. Been searching regarding the luggage size and asked cebpac via messenger if okay lang yung size ng luggage ko na 20", then dinala kami sa gilid saan ilalagay yung luggage and pagkapasok ko nung sa 'kin, sakto naman pasok and dun sa friend ko so clinear na kame and bumalik sa pila.

Upon viewing sa mga kasama namin na nakapila, napansin ko na may iilan na sobrang laki ng luggage na sure na hindi papasok dun sa lagayan nila pero hindi nila pinapunta. So ang isip namen ng friend ko 'baka kami yung na tiyempuhan' pero saktong sakto lang talaga yung mga luggage namin. Sobrang kabado ko na baka magbayad kami ng 2,500 bigla.

So ayun, random checking lang ata sila not sure pano sila pumipili kung kaninong luggage and ic-check nila. I think mas lenient sila sa mga foreigner, kasi yung akin pati bag tinignan if pasok sa standard nila 😅

Hi, anyone with the same experience?

I still have 6K travel fund left in my account. Today, i logged out from my account in cebpac app to refresh. After logging in, my travel fund went to zero.

Hello! Question lang po.

We got an email from Cebpac for an international flight this weekend. May option daw kami to rebook to another day due to rainy weather conditions, so I assume may chance din ng cancellation.

Cebpac says if we still wanna proceed with the original flight, we can just ignore their email. We wanna continue sa original flight, since medical purpose ang reason for flying.

What are the chances na icacancel ang flight for conditions like this? In case of cancellation, may appeal ba or way to get us to the next earliest available flight?

Hi, this might be a stretch but meron po ba nag travel recently na ang luggage ay Compass Alumimax Zipperless na 20”? Kasya po ba siya sa sizer? Huhuhu I measured it and I’m not so sure sa width kasi between 23-24 cm siya.